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Subject: Funk in the 80s
Written By: whistledog on 04/30/13 at 10:08 pm
2 video limit per post. Share your Funk favourites of the 80s!
Locksmith - Far Beyond (1980)
later famously sampled in the 1999 song Red Alert by Basement Jaxx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ7BnSU3HDY
Nighthawk - Eye of the Tiger (1983)
cover of the Survivor song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5zOM91sBm0
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: whistledog on 04/30/13 at 10:31 pm
The Funk Masters - It's Over (1983)
(covered by dance group Clock in 1997 whose version went to UK #10. The voice of Funk Masters was Juliet Roberts, whom is best remembered for her solo hit I Want You, which topped the US dance chart in 1994)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp26zcJIAvs
Carl Carlton - Baby I Need Your Loving (1982)
(cover of the song originally by The Four Tops)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x9d4lBTYUc
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Emman on 04/30/13 at 11:19 pm
Cameo - Word Up (1986) 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZjAantupsA
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: wildcard on 04/30/13 at 11:25 pm
Cameo - Word Up (1986) 8)
good pick
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Paul on 05/01/13 at 5:57 am
A genre within a genre...Britfunk!
Many notable exponents could have been included, but here's Beggar & Co. (aka in various guises Light Of The World, Incognito, The Team)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMcqmn6kOgI
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 05/01/13 at 7:19 am
The Funk Masters - It's Over (1983)
(covered by dance group Clock in 1997 whose version went to UK #10. The voice of Funk Masters was Juliet Roberts, whom is best remembered for her solo hit I Want You, which topped the US dance chart in 1994)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp26zcJIAvs
Carl Carlton - Baby I Need Your Loving (1982)
(cover of the song originally by The Four Tops)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x9d4lBTYUc
I like Carl Carlton's version of this song.
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 05/01/13 at 7:24 am
A genre within a genre...Britfunk!
Many notable exponents could have been included, but here's Beggar & Co. (aka in various guises Light Of The World, Incognito, The Team)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMcqmn6kOgI
They also had Mule Chant #2.
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 05/01/13 at 7:28 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5webOW43Lvc
Thunderstorm- Here's To You
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: whistledog on 05/01/13 at 10:16 am
Earth, Wind and Fire - Let's Groove (1981)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XOY7lsBVpo
Odyssey - Going Back to My Roots (1981)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qW9-s3ITbU
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 05/01/13 at 3:14 pm
Earth, Wind and Fire - Let's Groove (1981)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XOY7lsBVpo
Odyssey - Going Back to My Roots (1981)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qW9-s3ITbU
I always loved EWF videos they're so space age like. :)
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 05/01/13 at 3:20 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNN2gdly5YA
T-Life (Something That you Do To Me,Keeps Turning Me On) 1981
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: wildcard on 05/01/13 at 6:31 pm
I like Carl Carlton's version of this song.
that's the one I know
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: nally on 05/01/13 at 6:33 pm
Midnight Star, I think, was also a funk band...with hits such as "No Parking On The Dance Floor" and "Operator."
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Henk on 05/02/13 at 5:31 am
Thunderstorm- Here's To You
Did someone say Thunderstorm..? ::)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbnIYWwsZVM
This was a minor hit in The Netherlands. It didn't make Dutch Top 40.
Not sure if were talking about the same band here, although it seems unlikely there were two 10-man bands of the same name around at the same time, making the same kind of music. So here's a fun fact: Thunderstorm were a Dutch band.
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 05/02/13 at 6:42 am
Midnight Star, I think, was also a funk band...with hits such as "No Parking On The Dance Floor" and "Operator."
They also had a bunch of other funky hits.
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 05/02/13 at 6:48 am
Did someone say Thunderstorm..? ::)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbnIYWwsZVM
This was a minor hit in The Netherlands. It didn't make Dutch Top 40.
Not sure if were talking about the same band here, although it seems unlikely there were two 10-man bands of the same name around at the same time, making the same kind of music. So here's a fun fact: Thunderstorm were a Dutch band.
So there were 2 groups with the same name? Wow. :o
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 05/02/13 at 6:50 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CxFjXFw8iA
K.I.D. Take It To The Top (1981)
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Henk on 05/02/13 at 8:27 am
So there were 2 groups with the same name? Wow. :o
No, I don't think so. I think we're talking about the same band, although at this point I can't be 100% sure.
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: whistledog on 05/02/13 at 4:27 pm
They also had a bunch of other funky hits.
Midnight Star did have a whole handful of hits, but there was another piece to their story that many may not know is connected: In 1987, founding members Vince and Reggie Calloway left the group and formed a duo under the name Calloway. You may remember their very popular 1990 song I Wanna Be Rich which charted higher than any Midnight Star song ever did!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztk9t_m1FpY
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Henk on 05/02/13 at 4:53 pm
No, I don't think so. I think we're talking about the same band, although at this point I can't be 100% sure.
I've just found confirmation that we ARE talking about the same band.
Thunderstorm only released five singles: "Hey You Get Ready (Red Light's On)" (1981), "Funky Grandpa" (1981), "Here's To You" (1981), "Let Me Be The One" (1983) and "Family Affair" (1984).
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 05/02/13 at 7:37 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2RFGzb0_VQ
B-Biz-R (Sucker For Your Love) 1984
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: zcrito on 05/02/13 at 9:47 pm
Funk in the'80s. I've got two,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX4fSa4MN_0
-- Lakeside from January 1981.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Y4LqJF2WM
-- Tom Browne & Toni Smith from August 1980.
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 05/03/13 at 6:35 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwB1P1JGeR8
Stacy Lattisaw- Attack Of The Name Game (1982)
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 05/04/13 at 6:35 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp3p_sg1gyk
Future Flight-Dues (1981)
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 05/04/13 at 7:28 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_lttNgaXr4
Funky Bebop-Vin Zee
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 05/05/13 at 4:45 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwRp3CkJpGc
Leon Ware-Why I Came To California
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 05/06/13 at 6:43 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2QxlybL1U
Finis Henderson -Skip To My Lou (1983)
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 05/08/13 at 7:06 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xg8uu7-zAs
Ingram-Would You Like To Fly? (1983)
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: robby76 on 05/08/13 at 10:02 am
Would you count this as funk? If so I'd add some Kool & The Gang to this list.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMWfmlp0zfg
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 05/08/13 at 3:14 pm
Would you count this as funk? If so I'd add some Kool & The Gang to this list.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMWfmlp0zfg
yeah sure why not Kool And The Gang was funk, disco and jazz all in one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNtO47L9pyg
Kool And The Gang- Stand Up And Sing!
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: robby76 on 05/09/13 at 12:09 am
yeah sure why not Kool And The Gang was funk, disco and jazz all in one.
Sorry my tags were wrong, I actually linked Earth Wind & Fire's "Let's Groove" from 1981.
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 05/11/13 at 7:10 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk2frn04KX8
Logg- Something Else (1981)
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 05/18/13 at 7:24 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT7ttNMPUHY
Funky School- Stephanie (1983)
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 05/23/13 at 12:56 pm
Sylvester: Do You Wanna Funk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bTXg9HptxI
I was gonna post the clip from Trading Places, but it shows too much tit-tay!
8)
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 05/23/13 at 7:29 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI0U92sN-Eo
Gary Byrd & Stevie Wonder- The Crown (1983)
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 05/31/13 at 7:13 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUr4rRYvtVk
Rene And Angela- Bangin The Boogie (1983)
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 06/12/13 at 5:55 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYvfJKZz2xU
Patto- Black & White (1984)
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Mushroom on 06/14/13 at 7:59 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRte0S2a_dA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1YjmXSyHa8
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 06/15/13 at 3:18 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRte0S2a_dA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1YjmXSyHa8
great songs and videos.
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 06/15/13 at 3:23 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u_sUfjPC2M
Julia And Company- Breakin' Down (Sugar Samba) 1982
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Mushroom on 06/17/13 at 4:50 pm
great songs and videos.
Thanks Howard. Consider my linking the original Timex Social Club song as a pennance for that really bad Jimmy & The Critters video I posted in another thread. :P
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 06/17/13 at 7:14 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdqNhAc_UIk
Love Intensity-Glenn Jones (1983)
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 06/17/13 at 7:27 pm
The f*ckin' Gap Band. 8)
You Dropped A Bomb On Me (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17lkdqoLt44
Early In The Morning (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aobIboK_z34
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: robby76 on 06/17/13 at 8:52 pm
The f*ckin' Gap Band. 8)
Early In The Morning (1982)
Great song! I loved the Gap Band's 1986 UK hit "Big Fun". Not exactly funk, but funky enough.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0A9EydDX9Q
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 06/18/13 at 7:00 am
The f*ckin' Gap Band. 8)
You Dropped A Bomb On Me (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17lkdqoLt44
Early In The Morning (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aobIboK_z34
nothing's more funkier than the Gap Band :)
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 06/18/13 at 7:06 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQqCNL_4Uzs
T-Life Something That You Do To Me (1981)
Get Down And Get Funky! :)
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Paul on 06/21/13 at 1:20 pm
The f*ckin' Gap Band. 8)
Indeed...known in Britain for mainly one thing...
...making partygoers sit on the floor and perform a rather pointless 'rowboat' song - why? ???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qWiOyhOaZo
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: karen on 06/21/13 at 2:08 pm
Indeed...known in Britain for mainly one thing...
...making partygoers sit on the floor and perform a rather pointless 'rowboat' song - why? ???
Never got where/why that started. My mother-in-law blames that dance for her dodgy hips!
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Paul on 06/21/13 at 2:19 pm
Never got where/why that started. My mother-in-law blames that dance for her dodgy hips!
As far as I know, some club DJ kicked the whole thing off...but it still doesn't explain any relevance, or why it caught on!
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: karen on 06/21/13 at 2:41 pm
I wonder if it happens outside the UK
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 06/21/13 at 7:24 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW4maZKzg4o
Majik- You Gotta Get Up (1982)
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Starde on 06/27/13 at 12:48 pm
The f*ckin' Gap Band. 8)
You Dropped A Bomb On Me (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17lkdqoLt44
Early In The Morning (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aobIboK_z34
Damn right! 8)
Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb1cpSJtIqM
Outstanding (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSLGFL3Xa30
My all-time fave Gap Band song! 8)
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 06/27/13 at 3:44 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEnLZtnzKqs
How about some Japanese Funk? 8)
Exotic Yokogao- Hitomi Tohyama (1983)
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 08/20/13 at 6:29 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvrOcTuzES4
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Venomous Mask on 08/20/13 at 8:05 am
Some of these songs were massively influential on later g-funk beats, and were sampled extensively:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuyS9M8T03A
"It's the bow to the wow, creepin' and crawlin..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VVVnGOh61k
"And since we all came from a woman, got our name from a woman, got our game from a woman..."
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 08/20/13 at 5:59 pm
Some of these songs were massively influential on later g-funk beats, and were sampled extensively:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuyS9M8T03A
"It's the bow to the wow, creepin' and crawlin..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VVVnGOh61k
"And since we all came from a woman, got our name from a woman, got our game from a woman..."
I love that song from George Clinton.
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Venomous Mask on 08/21/13 at 10:53 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYzakWz3JxU
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 08/21/13 at 1:31 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYzakWz3JxU
Oh yeah back then it was some good funk.
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 09/08/13 at 3:17 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQtYe0rJB0Y
Instant Funk- Just Because (You'll Be Mine) 1983
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 09/14/13 at 3:11 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1RmyEexGzQ
Jewel- Jewel's Groove (1982)
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 09/15/13 at 1:27 pm
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This was PB's attempt at presenting a more funky and mature sound. Instead it had the opposite effect and made them look like a bunch of "man whores."
Subject: Re: Funk in the 80s
Written By: Howard on 09/15/13 at 3:19 pm
y6Un8TMGpws
This was PB's attempt at presenting a more funky and mature sound. Instead it had the opposite effect and made them look like a bunch of "man whores."
I wouldn't call this funk but it sounds very cool.